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DANIEL, William B.
Rural Sports. In Three Volumes.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme. 1812.,
sm4to, 24cm, reprint of 1807 edition, in 3 volumes, [viii], 633,[1] & 594 & 504,[38]pp., index, decorated engraved title-pages, with 66 engraved plates (complete as listed), in contemporary full polished calf rebacked, blind and gilt decorations in the panels with the original double red and green labels relayed, wide gilt and blind decorated borders on the boards, gilt inner dentelles, gilt stag decoration on the covers, marbled endpapers and edges, some slight foxing on some plates, no printed title pages apparently as issued, a fine attractive bound set. (spg) ~ A very popular English sporting book of the early 1800's by the Reverend William Barker Daniel (1754-1833), noted as being a much more involved sportsman rather than in his calling as a cleric. Volume I has chapters on the hunting dog, fox, stag, hare, rabbit, martin, badger, otter and game laws. Volume II dedicated to fishing and fish of all kinds. Volume III involves the hunting of all kinds of birds, with chapters on retrievers, target shooting and guns. With an impressive collection of engravings particularly of dogs, fish and birds. Signed bindings "C. Sully, Bookbinder, Soho". With the fox-hunting book-plates of Viola T. Winmill (1891-1925) of Virginia: foxhunt rider, coach driver and race horse owner. A supplement was issued in 1813.
$1200.00 Book Number: 37229 Order / Enquire

DAVY, Sir Humphry
Salmonia; or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations. With, Some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the Genus Salmo.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
London. John Murray. 1851.,
16mo. 17cm, fourth edition, xvi,305,32p., publisher's ads., with 21 woodcuts some from author's drawings, notes, errata, complete with half title, original brown cloth boards, rebacked in black cloth spine with the original spine label replaced, very good to fine (gar). ~ Westwood & Satchell p.231. One of the last books by renowned chemist and inventor, Humphry Davy (1778-1829); a classic of fly-fishing written in the style of Walton's "The Compleat Angler". The book was first published anonymously in 1828 and was reviewed by Sir Walter Scott in the "Quarterly". The illustrations of fish and flies are engraved from drawings by the author. "Salamonia" is commonly referred to as the " fly-fisherman's bible."

DENNYS, John] edited by [Edmund Goldsmid].
The Secrets of Angling: Teaching the Choicest Tools, Baits, and Seasons, for the Taking of Any Fish in Pond of River, Practised and familiarly opened in Three Books, by J.D., Esquire. Edited by "Piscator". [Bibliotheca Curiosa].
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
Edinburgh. Privately Printed. 1885.,
16mo. 17cm, in 2 volumes, limited to 275 copies & 75 large paper copies, 43 & 64pp., rubricated half-title & title pages, head & tail decoration, appendices, printed limp vellum over card plain wraps with title reprinted on the upper cover, volume 2 unopened, wrappers dust worn, volume two spine cap chipped, internally fine (gar). ~ A reprint of John Dennys' "The Secrets of Angling" first published in 1613. One of the earliest treatise on fishing, the book went through four editions to 1652. Dennys writes of fishing on the River Boyd, a tributary of the River Avon, by his home of Pucklechurch, Gloucester. This 1885 edition was edited by Edmund Goldsmid ("Piscator") with his added preface and bibliography.

EDMONDS, Harfield & Norman N. Lee
Brook and River Trouting. A Manual of modern North Country methods.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
Bradford. Published by the Authors. [1916].,
8vo, 22cm, 106p., with 7 photo-gravure type plates including frontis, 11 plates in colour, index, full light brown fine grain linen, gilt titles on spine & upper cover, near fine copy A valuable treatise on the making of flies with 10 colour plates of examples along with a colour guide to the shades of silk. The authors have illustrated various feathers to be used along with the exact part of the bird the correct feathers should be taken from.
$200.00 Book Number: 38222 Order / Enquire

FITZGIBBON, Edward] by "Ephemera"(psued).
A Handbook of Angling: teaching Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Bottom-Fishing, and Salmon-Fishing. With the Natural History of River Fish, and The Best Modes of Catching Them.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1847.,
12mo, 17.5cm, first edition, xii,363p., with many text illustrations from engravings, complete with half title, in the original ribbed dark green cloth, gilt spine title & blind decorations in the panels, blind decorated borders on the boards, expertly restored, a fine copy Westwood & Satchell p86. Heckscher 749.
$399.99 Book Number: 30940 Order / Enquire

GREY, Viscount. of Fallodon
Fly Fishing. With Wood Engravings by Eric Fitch Daglish.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
London & Toronto. J.M. Dent & Sons. 1931.,
8vo. 22cm, third printing of this edition with wood engravings illustrations, xii,244p., with 10 plates including frontis, vignettes, index, green gilt decorated cloth, very good to fine in lightly edge chipped jacket (gar). ~ A classic of fly fishing first published in 1899. This 1930 edition has been enlarged with two chapters by Lord Grey (Spring Salmon Fishing on the Cassely & Retrospect) and with the wood engravings by Eric Fitch Daglish.
$25.00 Book Number: 38176 Order / Enquire

HALFORD, Frederic M.
Modern Development of the Dry Fly. The New Dry Fly Patterns, The Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of Their Use. Edition De Luxe, Limited to 50 Copies.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
NewYork. E.P. Dutton and Company. 1910.,
4to. 28cm, in 2 volumes,viii,219p., v2. (being 9 recessed plates), with photogravure frontis portrait of Edgar Williamson & 9 colour chromo-lithographic plates of fishing flies, 18 plates of colour charts, 16 photogravures of fish and fishing spots on india paper mounted, 22 text illustrations, printed on fine quality Whatman laid paper; volume two; with 33 actual fishing flies displayed in recessed compartments on 9 heavy board mounts. complete with half-titles, titles printed in red and black, bound in half maroon calf,blind ruled raised bands, gilt titles and gilt flora devices in the panels, maroon red cloth boards, marbled end papers, some slight wear on the edges of the board corners, (touched up), top edges gilt, a very good to fine set. (ds1) First Edition, edition de luxe, limited to 50 numbered copies, this being #9, signed by the author, A total of 125copies of this de luxe edition were produced including 50 for sale in the United States and 75 for sale in the British Empire. Volume two contains 33 specimens of actual flies, tied by Hardy Brothers and, or, C.Farlow's according to the author's very specific instructions, with careful attention paid to the colour and form of each fly. The book was aimed at those who fished the chalk streams of southern England but its larger message was that artificial flies should match their living counterparts as closely as possible. This was understood to apply around the work. This dictum, together with the author's skills in conveying the joys and tribulations of fishing have combined to produce a work that is much in demand today. Litchfield 73. - Halford was the high priest of dry fly fishing.

HAMILTON, Edward
Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, Trout,and Grayling, with Notes on Their Haunts, Habits, and History.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
London.Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. 1884.,
12mo, 19cm, firstedition, title-page vignette, 5 woodcut plates, chapter head & taildecoration, original slate green grey cloth, gilt stamped decorationsand gilt titles, lacking frontis plate, otherwise else fine ~ Starkman& Read p81. Hampton p45. The author, a medical doctor, writes of fortyyears of fishing experiences primarily in the British Isles. He alsorefers to angling in California and Prince Edward Island. The wood-cutscenes are from the sketches of the author with the gilt-stamped vignetteon the front (woodcut from a stone taken from Sauley Abbey on the Ribble)the same as on the title-page.
$50.00 Book Number: 33862 Order / Enquire

HARDING, Col. E.W.
The Flyfisher & the Trout's Point of View. New Light on Flyfishing. New Light on Flyfishing Theory & Practice.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
London. Seeley Service & Co. Ltd. 1931.,
sm4to, 25cm, 208p., colour frontis with captioned tissue guard, 10 plates (inc. 5 in colour), index, in full fine grain line, gilt spine titles, near fine An interesting approach to fishing-from the fish's point of view including a colour sense of the fish. Colour plates reflect the author's idea of what a trout would see looking through the water. Also includes sections of fly-fishing, fly-tying and a bibliographical study of fishing literature.
$150.00 Book Number: 29867 Order / Enquire

HARDY, John James
Salmon Fishing.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
London and Southampton. Published at the Offices of "Country Life," & George Newnes, 1907.,
8vo, 21.5cm, first edition, xii,169p., frontis portrait (the author), 33 plates (1 colour), text figures, original dark green cloth, full gilt illustration (angling) and black titles on the upper cover, minor cover wear, a very good copy, scarce A well-illustrated guide with plate demonstrations on casting and gaffing by the author. With a colour plate of salmon flies and an extensive chart of 345 salmon fly dressings. A valuable addition to any angling library.
$299.99 Book Number: 28045 Order / Enquire